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June 24, 2003

Asinine Story of the Day Award

Or, how I rewrote a press release...: I'm sorry to be so harsh about this, but this is the biggest non-story of the week. So Dell signs a deal with AT&T Wireless to let Dell customers use AT&T's cellular network at modem speeds? Users no longer have to hunt for a hot spot...unless they want something faster than maybe 50 Kbps and don't want to spend dollars per megabyte for data use? Ugh.

We'll see more of this, I'm sure. The cell industry is preying on reporters who don't have the bigger picture of what service is available and what services cost. Hot spots aren't necessarily an alternative to cell data networks, but this story makes it sound like it was ripped from a press release.

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I couldn't write like this unless forced fed copious amounts of nitrous oxide. How's this for someone who appears in ecstasy over cellular(http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,50167,00.html):

"You say you want a revolution? The wireless revolution is here, right now. It's presenting untold new opportunities for fortune and glory. But forget the hype and hysteria over Wi-Fi and other small-scale schemes for building wireless local area networks. As Dunn and his ringtone cadre demonstrate, the great engine powering us into the new wireless age is, of all things, the good old cell phone."

Not only do I get to make a fortune from cellular service but I become even more glorious than I already am. Get a paper bag before the hyperventilation causes this guy to pass out.